scholarly journals Hierarchical star formation across the grand-design spiral NGC 1566

2017 ◽  
Vol 468 (1) ◽  
pp. 509-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios A. Gouliermis ◽  
Bruce G. Elmegreen ◽  
Debra M. Elmegreen ◽  
Daniela Calzetti ◽  
Michele Cignoni ◽  
...  
2012 ◽  
Vol 757 (2) ◽  
pp. 155 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Rebolledo ◽  
Tony Wong ◽  
Adam Leroy ◽  
Jin Koda ◽  
Jennifer Donovan Meyer

Author(s):  
Alexei M. Fridman ◽  
Roald Z. Sagdeev ◽  
Oleg V. Khoruzii ◽  
Evgenii V. Polyachenko

1983 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 141-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. V. Feitzinger ◽  
P. E. Seiden

Spiral structure in galaxies can arise from both dynamic and non dynamic phenomena: spiral density waves and stochastic selfpropagating star formation. The relative importance of these effects is still not known. Deficiences of the original selfpropagating star formation model (where only stars are taken into account) are overcome by explicitly considering the stars embedded in and interacting with a two-component gas (Seiden and Gerola, 1979; Seiden, Schulman and Feitzinger, 1982; Seiden and Gerola, 1982). The two-component gas is essential because it is the means by which we get feedback in the interaction between stars and gas. The coupling between stars and gas regulates and stabilizes star formation in a galaxy. Under proper conditions this model can give good grand design spirals (Fig. 1).


2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (S237) ◽  
pp. 417-417
Author(s):  
P. Grosbøl ◽  
H. Dottori ◽  
R. Gredel

AbstractBright knots along the arms of grand-design spiral galaxies are frequently seen on near-infrared K-band images. To investigate their nature, low resolution K-band spectra of a string of knots in the southern arm of the grand design, spiral galaxy NGC 2997 were obtained with ISAAC/VLT. Most of the knots show strong Brγ emission while some have H2 and HeI emission. A few knots show indications of CO absorption. Their spectra and absolute K magnitudes exceeding -12 mag suggest them to be very compact, young stellar clusters with masses up to 5 × 104 M. The knots' azimuthal distance from the K-band spiral correlates well with their Brγ strength, indicating that they are located inside the co-rotation of the density wave, which triggered them through a large-scale, star-forming front. These relative azimuthal distances suggest an age spread of more than 1.6 Myr, which is incompatible with standard models for an instantaneous star burst. This indicates a more complex star-formation history, such as several bursts or continuous formation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 446 (4) ◽  
pp. 4176-4185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minnie Y. Mao ◽  
Frazer Owen ◽  
Ryan Duffin ◽  
Bill Keel ◽  
Mark Lacy ◽  
...  

1970 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 415-422
Author(s):  
W. W. Roberts

The possible existence of a stationary two-armed spiral shock pattern for a disk-shaped galaxy, such as our own Milky Way System, is demonstrated. It is therefore suggested that large-scale galactic shock phenomena may very well form the large-scale triggering mechanism for the gravitational collapse of gas clouds, leading to star formation along narrow spiral arcs within a two-armed grand design of spiral structure.


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